Hair-retaining device



C. SILVERM AN.

HAIR RETAINING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY26. 1921.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

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CHARLES SILVERMAN, 0F PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

HAIR-RETAINING DEVICE.

Application filed May 26,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES SILVERMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHair-Itetaining Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hair retaining devices for crimping or curlingthe hair which is wound around one of the arms and clamped therein thuswound.

Heretofore in structures of this character the strands of the hair whichhave been wound around and clamped between the retaining arms have beenbroken or cut by the edges of the arms. Furthermore the two stiff armshave not afforded room for the operators hand when attempting to windthe hair upon one of the two arms.

The essential objects of my invention are to overcome the aboveenumerated disadvantages, and to secure these results in a simple andinexpensive structure.

To the above ends essentially m invention consists in such parts and insucli combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,

Figures 1 and 2 are a front elevation and plan view respectively of mynovel device in closed position,

Fig. 3, a plan view of the same partially open,

Fig. 4:, a front elevation of the same fully open, and

Figs. 5 and 6, enlarged sections on line 5-5 and 6-6 respectively ofFig. 1.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

In constructing my device a thin flat strip of resilient metal isprovided. This strip is so formed as to constitute a flat arm 8 with anend portion folded upon itself to constitute an'end loop 9 terminatingin a. fiat finger 10. The arm 8 is outwardly curved, and upon its endopposite the loop the material of the arm is inwardly bent or folded toform a hook 12 whose beak 13 is preferably longitudinallyconvexo-concave. An arm 15 has a fiat attaching end portion 16 and alongitudinally convexo-concave body portion 17. This arm is alsoresilient and outwardly curved. The arm portion 16 is piv- Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

1921. Serial No. 472,745.

otally connected with the finger 10, whose flat faces engage each other,in any convenient manner. In the present instance the parts 16 and 10have holes 19 and 20 respectively through which loosely passes a hollowbody 21 of a rivet whose flanges 22 overlap said parts.

When it is desired to wrap the hair around the receiving or charging arm15 the latter is laterally swung into some such relative position asshown in Fig. 4:, so that in wrapping the arm the operators fingers arenot impeded by any proximity of the arm 8. After the hair has beenwrapped the arm 15 is returned toward the arm 8. In this position, asshown in Fig. 3, thearms diverge toward their free ends. The device isfastened by compressing the armends and swinging the arms horizontallytoward each other until the outer end of the arm 15 overlaps the beak 13as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be observed that the inclination or curvature of the lateraledges of the arm 15 away from the plane of the arm 8 prevents anypinching or cutting of the hair wound around the arm 15.

I claim 1. A hair retaining device comprising a resilient arm, anopposing extension upon one end of the arm, a resilient arm rotatabletransversely of the first arm pivotally attached at one end to'theextension, said arms being normally divergent at their free ends, and ahook upon the free end of one arm adapted to engage the end of the otherarm.

2. A hair retaining device comprising a strip of resilient materialfolded upon itself forming an arm and an opposing extension, alongitudinally convexo concave arm overlapping at one end of theextension, a rivet loosely binding the last mentioned arm to theextension, and means upon the end of one arm for engaging the end of theother arm.

3. A hair retaining device comprising a relatively broad strip ofresilient material folded upon itself forming an arm and an opposingflat extension, a relatively broad resilient longitudinally convexoconcave arm pivotally mounted at one end to the extension, and a meansupon the end of the first arm for engaging the end of the second arm.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

CHARLES SILVERMAN.

